Tooth-brush.



10.824,08'7. l l PATENTEDJUNB 26, 1906.

s. E. BABGOGK.

TOOTH BRUSH. i

.APPLICATION F'ILBD APR.12,1905.

' Inventor i lfb.

U NITED STATE s PATENT OFFTOE. l

vs OLON n. BABcocK, or PLATEAU CITY, COLORADO.

I TOOTH-BRUSH- A Specification of Letters Patent.

Application ined April 12. 1905. serial No. 255,209.

Patented June 2e, 190e.

Be it known that I, SoLoN E. BABoocK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plateau City., in the county of Mesa and State of Colorado, have invented a' new and use- `ful Tooth-Brush., of'which the following is al specification.

This invention relates to brushes, and has for its object, to eifect removal and replacin of Worn bristlesI in a simple and improve manner. Y l

While the invention is applicable to various forms of brushes, it has been particularly designed as a tooth-brush andl includes a head and a handle whichare detachably connected in .a maner to removably secure the bristles to the head,

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully` described, shown in the accompanying drawings, andv particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tooth-brush embodying the features of the present invention. Fig. 2 is across-sectional view taken through the head of the brush. Fig. Bis a detail perspective view of the handle detached. Fig.v 4 is a similar view of the head. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the bristles removed.

Slmilar numerals of reference indicate correspondingparts in each and every igure of the drawings. i

In'carrying out the present invention there i is provided a head member 1, havingl the conventional" shape' of tooth-brush heads and provided with a flat face 2, having a loi-igitu- I 5, which is intersected bya longitudinalv slot 6, communicating with 'the socket 3. The handle 7 is of conventional form and' is provided in its inner end with a tapered or conical socket 8, from the center of which pro`" jects a stem 9, disposedflongitudinally of the 5"4 handle and having a ,threaded outer terminal10.; v-

To assemble die bruslhjiiie bristles 1i die placed transversely across the socketed face die yis placed upon the top of the bristles with its outer end engaged `with the perforation 4 drawings.

When the parts have been assembled, the present brush has the appearance'and the characteristics of an ordinary tooth-brush, while at the'samertime the handle and the head may be conveniently detached, so as to permit removal of the bristles when worn, and the head and handle may be again conveniently assembled to connect a new set of bristles to the'head. i

In addition to the feature of replacing the bristles when worn the parts of the tooth- `brush may be frequently disconnected and of the head 1, and then the stem'9 of the hancleansed, wherebythe present tooth-brush possesses sanitary advantages over the'ordinary form of tooth-brush, wherein the bristles lare permanently connectedvto the head and -cleansing of the bristles can be only ineffectual. f

As basi indicated in Figfaei die drawings,

it .will be noted that the bristles are arranged in a stack or pile and are-connected by a longitudinal row of stitches 12, located 4midway etween the ends-of` the bristles, the stack or pile of bristles being folded along the line of stitches to enable the insertion of the .bristles into the. socket of the head.

Means for loosening and causing a spreading of the free ends of the bristles is shown in Fig. 4 and consistsL of a plurality of wedgei shaped projections 13, carriedby the longitudinal walls of the sockets 3v and flush with the flat edges 2 of the head, whereby when hthe stack or'pileof bristles is securewithin the head the projections 13 will be entered between` certain of the bristles, whichtends to spread the outer free ends thereof, thereby to render the projected por-tions of the bristlescomparatively loose, 'so las to avoidy a hard brush. 1

A Having fully described thenvention, what l is claime is- 1. A brush-head having a bristle-receiving socket, and a handle detachably Acarried .by the head and capable of engagement sidewise IOO S tion of the head 'andsaid handle lhe'ing rotasocket, a handle having a -ulcrum connection with the head at one end of the socket and` capable of ybeing `swung sidevvise into the socket to clamp bristles therein, and means other than the fulcrum connection to hold the handle "against .the head.

` 3. A :brush comprising a head, afhandle: having a 'lilcrum connection with the head, Ibristles he'ld "between the head and thechandle f and means other than'the idlcru-mconnection kfor connecting'thehandleztothehead to'clamp the hristlestbetweendthehead"andthe handle. ,f

`bristlereceiving :so4 its outerendwithfan o end WithLa slot, 'ahand tgfiilge the'ternnalo en'in 'dft 'esocket-asse crum-bearin an ca aile of down against ft 'enng and 4in litainner l e zbrist 'es to'forc'e t e llatter .1

" 4. A brush lcom ri a head hav'in ka'. dktmhidh is provide iin 'into `the socket,'thelot 'serving'to receivethe inner en'd -f the lstem when the handle l'is fitted in place,'andmeans vother than the 'en- -L gagementof'the sten with 'the 'head to ,ccnf .neet 'the fhandlewithfthe head.

. socketWhidh-isprovided'in 'its-outerend with being 'rotatable toen'g bristl a threaded opening and ints 'i'nner endwith a longitudinal slot V'a 'handle Lhaving which is'threaded rush comprising .a 'head having a f ment withtthethread'edepenin ,'the 'ot 'of the head reeeiving'ltheinneren ofthe 'stem c Whenthe'handleisilitted ingila'ce, said 'handle age `and disengage the threaded portion dit-the etemw'ith fthe threads c siteithe threa edy Qeningfor connecting .the

-handl'ejandtheshea A '6. ,brush having a headjprov-idedwith 'a' l 'tudi-nal 4fso'cketfthe' outer 'end lol the socf et.'being'p1"ovided Wthrathreaded ing the inner endfo'f the head bein provided a conicalprqjectionlhaving 'aglongitudinalslotintersectin theopen'sideoi es carried Wit `nthesocket, Aand-'alianle .having-a stem .to-'eng Ve retain the `same in the-sodet, .the-,outer end o' the stem vbeing threaded 'for .en agement with ll"the threaded 'openin of 'the the inner end ort'ion oi? lt ye stem hein 're' ceived within 't e slot when the fhandle 1s in. position, 'theinnerendol thehandlehavinga conical .socket toreeeive 'the conical projec- 'table-to engage and disengage its threaded end With `ythe 'threads of the opening 'in the the socket,

`the ibristles 'and the the handle and thehead.

`gitudinal socket, one end of the socket being `:provided with a threaded opening. and the other end having a longitudinal slot, a handle thaving a` socket an provided Wit a threaded termirnal .for detachable. engagement with @the threaded slotted end of the socketior connecting 8. Abrushcomprising ahead having' alongitndinal vsocket which yis provided in one rend Withfathreaded' Venin ,the other enddfthe dleadbein provi Yedfvvi h'aconical extension having -a f-onitudinal slot intersecting the e '-soc'ket, and 'a handle having a terminal socket to receive the conical 4fprojeetion oi' .the .head and provided'w'ith 'a *lon- `gituidinafl Vstemextending forwardly iro-m the 'center 'o the `so'cket xto engage the slot-and socket .ofthe head, the outer end ofthe'tem heing 'threaded Fto 'detachably `tconnect the threaded 'open'ingzoi 1t'h'efhea'd. l

9. :brush :comprising a head having `a socket, a 'stack 'of bristles 'folded intermediate of its 'ends with its folded portion :introduced into the socket and theree ends df'ther'brisopening of the head, andmeans at t'l'esprojected externally 'oi' the *head irlto osition Jfor use, proj ecftions *the 'soc" et and'enteringhetweenthet lestofsepara'te 'andvioosen *the 'outer fi'ree ends thereoipand means to 'held thebristlesin'heeso'dketI L lO. A bruslh 'comprising'a head having 'a 'socket provided@withinternal` Qjectionsand al-'seat at :one end 'o :the soc et, la stack of 'bristles folded -`intersrrrediate "0T I its ends with the'olded'portion' introduced :into thefsocke ah'andl'e'having a fstem'fengagedwiththe seat andthedldged portion-.ofthe bristles toho'ld Ehe *latterinthe socketfand means otherfthnn 'the .enga ement'df 'the stem witlh the fseezt :conn'ectft ehandle wfithtdrehead.

il. As a new article of manuaeture :a 'set of brush-.bristles arrangedin apackan lconne'ctedlongitu'dinaly-` at 1a ,p'oints'dhstantially niidway fhetween the ends oi' the pack, `the pack capable .of rbeing ffdlded :along fthe #line 'df brush-'bristles-'disposed iin fa `pack *and 'connecte'd by'a row ol stitches 'dis ose'd 'substa-Ib .tial'lymidwaybetween the 'en sfo'f the pack, the fpa'ck capahle :of :being folded .along fthe 'line dfoonnectionbetween thebristles .'In testimonyithat A[ claim the foregoing as my-own l 'have 'ereto-:alfxed :my signature inthe presence df 'two Witnesses. Y S015N 5E. BAB'COOK. Witnesses:

JAS. fI. Barrameda, i W." E. lHrLLIPs.

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